Monday, December 26, 2011

Navigating the new normal

Navigating the new normalBusiness StandardThe economy will push brands into opening up more entry points for extremely cost-sensitive consumers as the new normal becomes a prolonged normal in the developed world. At the same time, tough times will generate an unprecedented entrepreneurialism ...Business Standard

Campbell: Searching for 'new normal'Greenville Daily ReflectorAs we entered the second decade of the 21st century we were looking for a new normal, trying to adjust to life after the financial bubble burst. We end 2011 still searching. Next year we expect a nasty election cycle but hope someone will emerge who ...

Hoping Employment Takes Off…Wall Street PitThings are looking better, and the green shoots might just be real this time around, but we are still a long, long way from returning to whatever our new normal might be. It doesn't have to be this way. Although recessions that are caused by financial ...

Ho, Ho, Ho: It's a Sunday ChristmasSumter Item30, 2011: So again, what is this "New Normal," and how will we know it? I have no idea, but here's the start of a list of we'll call: "The Most Annoying and Overused New Normal Expressions On the Planet." Feel free to contribute. At the end of the day; ...

Arts scene finds bright spots in financial gloomAccess AtlantaIt made some in the industry wonder if this last-ditch fundraising model had become the new normal. But if the metro area's arts groups have learned anything this year, it's that they'll have to make fundamental changes in the coming years if they're ...

no business like 'recession-proof' show businessEconomic TimesThey forked out anywhere between 150 and 350 - the new normal price for a comfortable seat in the dark halls. Forty-plus heroes could resurrect their careers, a new kid confirmed his 'rock star' status, silly and risky themes proved bankable and the ...

Editor's Note: In 2011, we learned there are no quick fixesWashington PostCaution and lower expectations are the new normal. Plenty of business leaders I talk to acknowledge as much. It's better than the alternative — another dip into recession. One way or another, we need to bring ourselves back into financial balance. ...

Holidays can be a time of pain for someHouston ChronicleBut, that empty chair is there, so we need to adjust to the new environment created by his loss - create a new normal. I realized it was important that we give ourselves permission to do what is most comfortable, whether it be new or old traditions. ...

Letter, 12/25: Uncharted waters aheadLincoln Journal StarBut in a structural change, a new normal is created. The end of the Cold War unleashed millions of workers into a surplus world labor pool. Technology, by its nature, increases production with fewer workers. The US economy is producing more today than ...

Bubil: Serving up a mixed bag of real estate statsSarasota Herald-TribuneThe "new normal"? We have been kicking around those terms for years, and the "bottom" continues to be as hard to define as it is to reach. But locally, we are seeing an uptick in prices. Any improvement is welcome, and certainly there is plenty of ...

FACES of 2011: Kasey CruteRichmond Times DispatchShe is having a hard time getting used to how different life is, and she refers to it as "the new normal." Even the holidays are "different," she concedes. But when she and Crute look back on 2011, they are thankful for the friends, family members and ...

Community rallies around family in needThe ColoradoanJade, a former special education teacher, said the family will adjust to its new normal. The Loughlins are a tight-knit bunch, going everywhere together. That isn't going to change he said, no matter what happens. "We're going to be realistic about ...

Several States' Residents Show Their Financial SavvyWorkforce ManagementBy Patty Kujawa With more baby boomers retiring by the month and triple-digit gains and losses in the market becoming the new normal, knowing about finances and how they work has become increasingly important to setting up retirement funds. ...

Leadership Lessons From the Shackleton ExpeditionGainesville SunConstant turbulence seems to be the new normal, and effective leadership is crucial in containing it. Real leaders, wrote the novelist David Foster Wallace, are people who “help us overcome the limitations of our own individual laziness and selfishness ...

Wounded soldier grateful for lifeMorning SentinelHis work there became his new normal, he said. And he wants to go back even though he knows the risks. The day his armored truck struck a roadside bomb and flipped over, he was on a mission that had worried him and others earlier in the day. ...Morning Sentinel

2012: The Dust Blows ForwardDigital Photography Review (dpreview.com)They're all digital nowadays. It's an SLR. A compact camera. A rangefinder. Not a digital SLR, or a digital compact camera, or a digital rangefinder. Everything is digital. Digital is the new normal. It's the other things that are novelties.

No Christmas Truce in the Political WarsThe Weekly Standard (blog)In 2011, the economy seemed to have found what has come to be called “the new normal”—growth, but too slow to revive the job market. After threatening to take another dip in the recession pool, the economy settled down to a 2 percent growth rate. ...

Market WatchBarron'sActive portfolio management is the new normal, and it will also play a critical role in the successes we hope to achieve in 2012. by Euro Pacific Capital Research December: Commodity prices can be very volatile, often more so than just about any other ...

Four More Years of Gridlock?Daily BeastIf what we're seeing is the new normal, fine, as long as the excesses of partisanship give way at some point to the needs of the citizenry, a premise that House Republicans are currently testing. We've seen these battles occur with equal intensity ...Daily Beast

Advance Directives Help Decision MakingThe Ledger“Sometimes the caregivers aren't even aware a patient has declined and this is now a new normalfor them,” Wilson said. Advance directives, sometimes called living wills, can guide family members when patients become unable to convey their wishes ...

Flash Editorials December 24, 2011 « DumpDCBy dumpdcApparently, with the lack of predictability about business regulation and taxation coming from Washington, temp jobs are the new normal. And how can you blame employers? Washington now lives a month-by-month existence and that forces ...DumpDC